#9BD159#9BD159

#9BD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.161 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD159
RGB	rgb(155, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -36.64, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 64.38, 124.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1028 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.161 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1209, 53.2899, 17.7268)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD159 #8F59D1

analogous

#D1CB59 #9BD159 #5FD159

triadic

#9BD159 #599BD1 #D1599B

tetradic

#9BD159 #59D1CB #8F59D1 #D1595F

square

#9BD159 #59D1CB #8F59D1 #D1595F

split-complementary

#9BD159 #595FD1 #CB59D1

monochromatic

#5D8926 #7DB933 #9BD159 #B8DE89 #D5ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9BD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#9BD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD159

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD159	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.161 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdf8c',
    500: '#9bd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd159;
$custom-light: #bbdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7982,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD159

secondary

#633E90

accent

#48E08C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD159

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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